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Jean-Yves Blay, M.D., Ph.D. and Denise Reinke, APRN, BC, AOCN Join Medical Editorial Board.
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Jean-Yves Blay, MD, PhD
Jean-Yves Blay, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine at the Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France and the Scientific Director of the Cancéropôle Lyon Rhône-Alpes, a network of more than 1500 researchers and physicians in the French Rhône-Alpes region bridging clinical, translational and basic research in oncology.Dr. Blay received a medical degree and a doctorate from the Université Claude Bernard and completed a fellowship in oncology and internal medicine at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and the Institut Gustave-Roussy in Paris.He subsequently joined the staff of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Leon Berard in Lyon, ultimately becoming Head of the Cytokine and Cancer Unit within an Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) research unit.He assumed the position as Head of the Medical Oncology Unit in University Hospital in Lyon in 1999, becoming Scientific Director of Cancéropôle Lyon Rhône-Alpes in 2004.Dr. Blay's research interests center on clinical and biological research in the field of soft tissue sarcomas, as well as on the biology of breast carcinoma and the relationship between tumor microenvironment and malignant cells, with the ultimate goal of clinical applications in the fields of diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.Dr. Blay's professional endeavors mirror his research interests.He is a contributor to the medical literature and has more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and over 200 abstracts and book chapters to his credit.Writing for such journals as Blood, Cancer, Annals of Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and the European Journal of Cancer, he addresses a range of subjects that includes the role of interleukins, sarcomas of the soft tissues, and the role of dendritic cells in boosting antitumor response.Dr. Blay is active in numerous professional organizations, most prominently the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), of which he is currently Chairman of the Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group, Vice Chairman of the Translational Research Advisory Committee, and member of the Protocol Review Committee.He is the Chairman of the Strategic Clinical Research Committee of the French Federation of Cancer Centers and Current Chairman of the Connective Tissue Cancers Network (CONTICANET) Network of Excellence supported by the Sixth Framework Program of the European Commission.Dr. Blay is the National Representative for the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and an active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).Additionally, he has served as a member of scientific committees for ESMO and AACR meetings.